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Birds Haven Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LS

AT/2024/0163Works To Tree Within TPORefused

Refused on 8 August 2024

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G0001 - x1 Holm Oak - Crown Reduce overall canopy of the treeReduce the height of the tree by x2.0 metres leaving a final tree height ofapproximately x18 metres.Reduce radial canopy spreads by x2.0 metres leaving a final radial crown spread ofapproximately x4.50 metres at all compass points. Pruning wounds shall not exceedx70 mm in diameter.Holm oak within the group that appears to be growing much faster than the surroundingpine trees competing for light. The tree has historically been reduced, and the wounding is occludingand significant further growth has been produced. Both the physiological and structural conditionof this tree is considered 'fair' predominantly due to the small rooting volume available to the treeand the historical works that have been undertaken. Please see the attached QTRA.

Received
26 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tormohun
Agent
Devon Tree Services
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Birds Haven Avenue Road Torquay TQ2 5LS. Torbay has handled 738 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Torbay's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Tormohun. We hold 1,287 applications in total for the TQ2 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
TQ2 5LS
Application type
Works To Tree Within TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Devon Tree Services
Agent address
Devon Tree Services Little Acre Ipplepen Newton Abbot TQ12 5TR United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13189463
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1963.001Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Torbay

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